>Basic Program to Read COBOL COMP-3 Numbers A program that reads a data file created by Microsoft COBOL containing binary-coded-decimal (COMP-3) numbers. This is accomplished by reading in the file one byte at a time, interpreting those bytes according to the binary-coded-decimal (BCD) format.

>Edited COBOL Numeric Format Shows the conversion of Zoned-Decimal (USAGE IS DISPLAY), Binary (USAGE IS COMP) and Packed-Decimal (USAGE IS COMP-3) fields with various values to a human readable field for printing or displaying. Provides a discussion on an edited numeric format (or using an edit mask) that is typically used by COBOL programmers that maintain or support Mainframe applications.

>Using COBOL Comp Data Types for Speed A discussion on using COBOL COMP for speed, along with the precision of COMP (BINARY, COMP-5, COMP-X), COMP-1, COMP-2, COMP-3 (PACKED-DECIMAL), and DISPLAY data types.